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Adnan Cerimagic took part in a gathering titled “Surreal Reality – from geopolitics to daily politics – reflections, discussions, and networking.”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a discussion titled “Where is Bosnia and Herzegovina heading?”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a discussion titled “Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a discussion titled “Upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

ESI deputy chairman Kristof Bender will participate in a panel discussion about Kosovo’s visa liberalization: Can we hope for progress soon. 

ESI organised, together with the IWM and Erste Stiftung, its third Hittisau Seminar, gathering a small group of concerned Europeans in Hittisau in the Austrian mountains to discuss how impactful writing might change politics in Europe. 

Kristof Bender will speak on 15 September 2022 at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) on a panel about “Ukraine, the Western Balkans and How to Revive the Broken EU Accession Process”. 

ESI’s Kristof Bender was invited to participate in "A Conversation on the Freedom of Thought” with Michael Ignatieff, former Rector of the Central European University (CEU), and Zoltán Rónay, Associate Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest).

Kristof Bender, Adnan Cerimagic and John Dalhuisen were invited to the European Forum Alpbach in Austria where they presented ESI's analysis on a revived EU enlargement process and on human rights advocacy.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a Zoom webinar titled “Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 2 October Election: Opportunities, Threats and the Youth Vote.”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a closed door discussion titled “Discussion on the current state of affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina?”

Gerald Knaus was invited to set the scene for the “Article 17 dialogue seminar on the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine” at the European Parliament

Gerald Knaus travelled to Cyprus to conduct field research on migrants and asylum seekers.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a townhall discussion titled “Anti-corruption as a security strategy: How can the reform of the judiciary help political stabilization of Bosnia and Herzegovina?”

Adnan Cerimagic spoke at an online panel discussion on how to make EU enlargement work organised by the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), the European Fund for the Balkans, and the Southeast Europe Association (SOG).

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a speech on the “Listening path on refugees 1938-1945 along the border in the Rhine Valley” organised by the Jewish Museum Hohenems.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a debate on “Understanding Poland” / “War Refugees and Migrants? The German-Polish Migration Policy”, organised by the German television channel Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

ESI senior analyst Adnan Cerimagic spoke on ESI‘s research and analysis at the conference “The lighthouse of a better Balkans” organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP). The conference was attended by diplomats posted in Serbia and local politicians, as well as civil society members from the region.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the event “Security in Change – How Politics Can Organise Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis” organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a conference titled “Democratization and the Role of Parliaments in the Western Balkans” organised by the Aspen Institute Germany and supported by the German Foreign Office.